Claude Terrasse

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Claude Terrasse (January 27, 1867 – June 30, 1923), was a French composer of operettas.

Claude Terrasse was considered by some as the true successor to Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy.

Terrasse was born in L'Arbresle, Rhône. He became known by writing the music for the play Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry in 1896. In Paris his brother-in-law the painter Pierre Bonnard introduced him to the artistic world and the avant-garde literature and art of the time. Bonnard also did several portraits of him.

Claude Terrasse died in Paris, and was buried in the cemetery of Montmartre.

[edit] Works

  • La petite femme de Loth - opera buffa in 3 acts - lyrics by Tristan Bernard (first presented at the Theater of the Mathurins, Paris; October 1, 1900)
  • Les travaux d'Hercule - opera in 3 acts - lyrics by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - (Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris; March 7, 1901)
  • Monsieur de la Palisse - opera in 3 acts - lyrics by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - (Paris; November 2, 1904)
  • Le sire de Vergy - opera in 3 acts - lyrics by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; April 16, 1903)
  • Le mariage de Télémaque - comic opera in 5 acts - lyrics by Jules Lemaitre and Maurice Donnay - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; May 4, 1910)
  • Les lucioles - ballet by Mme. Mariquita - (Opéra-Comique, Paris; December 28, 1910)
  • Pantagruel - opera in 5 acts - lyrics by Alfred Jarry and Eugène Demolder (January 30, 1911)
  • Miss Alice des P.T.T. musical comedy in 3 acts - lyrics by Tristan Bernard and Maurice Vaucaire - (Theater of the Cigale, Paris; December 14, 1912)
  • Faust en ménage - lyric fantasy in one act - lyrics by Albert Carré - (Theater of the Potinière, Paris; January 5, 1924)
  • Vive la France! – Trilogie à grand spectacle (trilogy of a great spectacle) - lyrics by Franc-Nohain - (Theater of the Pantins, Paris; March 29, 1898)

[edit] Bibliography

  • Claude Terrasse by Philippe Cathé (published by Hexaèdre), 2004.

[edit] Sources


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